Long-term solutions for a short-term world : Canada and research development /
Harpelle, Ronald N.,1957-
Muirhead, Bruce.
[Waterloo, Ont.] : Wilfrid Laurier University Press,
c2011.
Long-Term Solutions for a Short-Term World demonstrates the complexity of the challenges that poor countries face and introduces the readers to the concept and impact of participatory research for development. Participatory research requires researchers to work with communities, governments, and other relevant actors to deal with common problems. Finding solutions requires participants to reflect critically on the cultural, economic, historical, political, and social contexts within which the issue under investigation exists. The book contains a collection of essays from development researchers and professionals, each of whom is an activist who has made significant contributions to the struggles of the poor in their own societies. Essays are presented as case studies and, in each, the contributor explains the specific development problem, the paths followed to solve the problem, lessons learned as a result of the research, and the development challenges on the horizon in his field of research. Together, these essays present a fascinating picture of how some of today's most pressing development issues are being dealt with through research, demonstrating how interdisciplinary and alternative approaches can be implemented in new and innovative ways.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-210) and index.
Long-Term Solutions for a Short-Term World demonstrates the complexity of the challenges that poor countries face and introduces the readers to the concept and impact of participatory research for development. Participatory research requires researchers to work with communities, governments, and other relevant actors to deal with common problems. Finding solutions requires participants to reflect critically on the cultural, economic, historical, political, and social contexts within which the issue under investigation exists. The book contains a collection of essays from development researchers and professionals, each of whom is an activist who has made significant contributions to the struggles of the poor in their own societies. Essays are presented as case studies and, in each, the contributor explains the specific development problem, the paths followed to solve the problem, lessons learned as a result of the research, and the development challenges on the horizon in his field of research. Together, these essays present a fascinating picture of how some of today's most pressing development issues are being dealt with through research, demonstrating how interdisciplinary and alternative approaches can be implemented in new and innovative ways.
Introduction : The International Development Research Centre and Ressearch for Development -- Ch. ONE. The Underpinnings of Canadian Development Assistance / Ronald Harpelle -- Ch. TWO. IRDC: Forty Years of Research for Development [International Development Research Centre] / Bruce Muirhead -- Ch. THREE. Development Dharma and International Co-operation in a Changing World / Dipak Gyawali -- Ch. FOUR. The Rebirth of the Argan Tree or, How to Stop the Desert While Giving a Future to Amazigh Women in Morocco / Zoubida Charrouf and D. Guillaume -- Ch. FIVE. Under Fire: Doing Research in Warlike Conditions / Rita Giacaman, Yoke Rabaia, and Viet Nguyen-Gillham
Ch. SIX. Informal Waste Recycling and the Landfill in Dakar / Oumar Cissé -- Ch. SEVEN. Digital Technologies and Learning:Their Role in Enhancing Social and Economic Development / Clotilde Fonseca -- Ch. EIGHT. Past, Present, and Future of Biological Control of Malaria with the Community Participation in Peru / Palmira Ventillosa -- Ch. NINE. Participatory Research on Information and Communication Technologies for Development and the Logic of the Network Approach / Heloise Emdon -- Ch. TEN. The Role of Private Academic Centres and Foreign Aid in Developing Social Sciences during Military Dictatorship / Diego Piñiero -- CONCLUSION : Long-Term Solutions
Economic development
Economic assistance, Canadian
Technical assistance, Canadian
Issued also in electronic format.